Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

November 20, 1915(92)

Day of Death

February 13, 2008

Place of Birth

Mie, Japan

Also Known As

이치카와 곤Кон Итикава久里子亭市川儀一大川新之助

IMDb

Kon Ichikawa

Directing

Biography

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films The Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain, to the documentary Tokyo Olympiad, which won two BAFTA Film Awards, and the 19th-century revenge drama An Actor's Revenge.